fails to launch linux L2 guests on AMD

Adding linux-hwe-5.8 as invalid to document that the test case has been run there, and the bug has not shown up.

Cascardo.

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Requesting system poweroff
[ 12.137724] reboot: Power down
ubuntu@bionic:~$ sudo poweroff
Connection to 192.168.122.239 closed by remote host.
Connection to 192.168.122.239 closed.
ubuntu@riccioli:~$ uname -r
4.15.0-156-generic
ubuntu@riccioli:~$

Same with bionic:linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1054-oracle.

Sent SIGTERM to all processes
Sent SIGKILL to all processes
Requesting system poweroff
[ 24.054392] reboot: Power down
ubuntu@bionic:~$ sudo poweroff
Connection to 192.168.122.239 closed by remote host.
Connection to 192.168.122.239 closed.
ubuntu@riccioli:~$ cat /sys/module/kvm_amd/parameters/vgif
0
ubuntu@riccioli:~$ uname -r
5.4.0-84-generic
ubuntu@riccioli:~$

Working fine also with 5.11 kernel on riccioli with 5.11.0-34-generic on hirsute.
And also on a bare-metal Oracle instance with 5.11.0-1017-oracle on hirsute.

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 5.4.0-84.94

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linux (5.4.0-84.94) focal; urgency=medium

  * focal/linux: 5.4.0-84.94 -proposed tracker (LP: #1941767)

  * Server boot failure after adding checks for ACPI IRQ override (LP: #1941657)
    - Revert "ACPI: resources: Add checks for ACPI IRQ override"

linux (5.4.0-83.93) focal; urgency=medium

  * focal/linux: 5.4.0-83.93 -proposed tracker (LP: #1940159)

  * fails to launch linux L2 guests on AMD (LP: #1940134) // CVE-2021-3653
    - KVM: nSVM: avoid picking up unsupported bits from L2 in int_ctl
      (CVE-2021-3653)

  * fails to launch linux L2 guests on AMD (LP: #1940134)
    - SAUCE: Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: KVM: nSVM: avoid picking up unsupported bits
      from L2 in int_ctl"

linux (5.4.0-82.92) focal; urgency=medium

  * focal/linux: 5.4.0-82.92 -proposed tracker (LP: #1939799)

  * Packaging resync (LP: #1786013)
    - debian/dkms-versions -- update from kernel-versions (main/2021.08.16)

  * CVE-2021-3656
    - SAUCE: KVM: nSVM: always intercept VMLOAD/VMSAVE when nested

  * CVE-2021-3653
    - SAUCE: KVM: nSVM: avoid picking up unsupported bits from L2 in int_ctl

  * [regression] USB device is not detected during boot (LP: #1939638)
    - SAUCE: Revert "usb: core: reduce power-on-good delay time of root hub"

  * dev_forward_skb: do not scrub skb mark within the same name space
    (LP: #1935040)
    - dev_forward_skb: do not scrub skb mark within the same name space

  * XPS 9510 (TGL) Screen Brightness could not be changed (LP: #1933566)
    - SAUCE: drm/i915: Force DPCD backlight mode for Dell XPS 9510(TGL)

  * Acer Aspire 5 sound driver issues (LP: #1930188)
    - ALSA: hda/realtek: headphone and mic don't work on an Acer laptop

  * Sony Dualshock 4 usb dongle crashes the whole system (LP: #1935846)
    - HID: sony: Workaround for DS4 dongle hotplug kernel crash.

  * [21.10 FEAT] KVM: Provide a secure guest indication (LP: #1933173)
    - s390/uv: add prot virt guest/host indication files
    - s390/uv: fix prot virt host indication compilation

  * Skip rtcpie test in kselftests/timers if the default RTC device does not
    exist (LP: #1937991)
    - selftests: timers: rtcpie: skip test if default RTC device does not exist

  * Focal update: v5.4.133 upstream stable release (LP: #1938713)
    - drm/mxsfb: Don't select DRM_KMS_FB_HELPER
    - drm/zte: Don't select DRM_KMS_FB_HELPER
    - drm/amd/amdgpu/sriov disable all ip hw status by default
    - drm/vc4: fix argument ordering in vc4_crtc_get_margins()
    - net: pch_gbe: Use proper accessors to BE data in pch_ptp_match()
    - drm/amd/display: fix use_max_lb flag for 420 pixel formats
    - hugetlb: clear huge pte during flush function on mips platform
    - atm: iphase: fix possible use-after-free in ia_module_exit()
    - mISDN: fix possible use-after-free in HFC_cleanup()
    - atm: nicstar: Fix possible use-after-free in nicstar_cleanup()
    - net: Treat __napi_schedule_irqoff() as __napi_schedule() on PREEMPT_RT
    - drm/mediatek: Fix PM reference leak in mtk_crtc_ddp_hw_init()
    - reiserfs: add check for invalid 1st journal block
    - drm/virtio: Fix double free on probe failure
    - dr...

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.15.0-156.163

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linux (4.15.0-156.163) bionic; urgency=medium

  * bionic/linux: 4.15.0-156.163 -proposed tracker (LP: #1940162)

  * linux (LP: #1940564)
    - SAUCE: Revert "scsi: core: Cap scsi_host cmd_per_lun at can_queue"

  * fails to launch linux L2 guests on AMD (LP: #1940134) // CVE-2021-3653
    - KVM: nSVM: avoid picking up unsupported bits from L2 in int_ctl
      (CVE-2021-3653)

  * fails to launch linux L2 guests on AMD (LP: #1940134)
    - SAUCE: Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: KVM: nSVM: avoid picking up unsupported bits
      from L2 in int_ctl"

linux (4.15.0-155.162) bionic; urgency=medium

  * bionic/linux: 4.15.0-155.162 -proposed tracker (LP: #1939833)

  * Packaging resync (LP: #1786013)
    - debian/dkms-versions -- update from kernel-versions (main/2021.08.16)

  * CVE-2021-3656
    - SAUCE: KVM: nSVM: always intercept VMLOAD/VMSAVE when nested

  * CVE-2021-3653
    - SAUCE: KVM: nSVM: avoid picking up unsupported bits from L2 in int_ctl

  * dev_forward_skb: do not scrub skb mark within the same name space
    (LP: #1935040)
    - dev_forward_skb: do not scrub skb mark within the same name space

  * 'ptrace trace' needed to readlink() /proc/*/ns/* files on older kernels
    (LP: #1890848)
    - apparmor: fix ptrace read check

  * Bionic update: upstream stable patchset 2021-08-03 (LP: #1938824)
    - ALSA: usb-audio: fix rate on Ozone Z90 USB headset
    - media: dvb-usb: fix wrong definition
    - Input: usbtouchscreen - fix control-request directions
    - net: can: ems_usb: fix use-after-free in ems_usb_disconnect()
    - usb: gadget: eem: fix echo command packet response issue
    - USB: cdc-acm: blacklist Heimann USB Appset device
    - ntfs: fix validity check for file name attribute
    - iov_iter_fault_in_readable() should do nothing in xarray case
    - Input: joydev - prevent use of not validated data in JSIOCSBTNMAP ioctl
    - ARM: dts: at91: sama5d4: fix pinctrl muxing
    - btrfs: send: fix invalid path for unlink operations after parent
      orphanization
    - btrfs: clear defrag status of a root if starting transaction fails
    - ext4: cleanup in-core orphan list if ext4_truncate() failed to get a
      transaction handle
    - ext4: fix kernel infoleak via ext4_extent_header
    - ext4: correct the cache_nr in tracepoint ext4_es_shrink_exit
    - ext4: remove check for zero nr_to_scan in ext4_es_scan()
    - ext4: fix avefreec in find_group_orlov
    - ext4: use ext4_grp_locked_error in mb_find_extent
    - can: gw: synchronize rcu operations before removing gw job entry
    - can: peak_pciefd: pucan_handle_status(): fix a potential starvation issue in
      TX path
    - SUNRPC: Fix the batch tasks count wraparound.
    - SUNRPC: Should wake up the privileged task firstly.
    - s390/cio: dont call css_wait_for_slow_path() inside a lock
    - rtc: stm32: Fix unbalanced clk_disable_unprepare() on probe error path
    - iio: ltr501: mark register holding upper 8 bits of ALS_DATA{0,1} and PS_DATA
      as volatile, too
    - iio: ltr501: ltr559: fix initialization of LTR501_ALS_CONTR
    - iio: ltr501: ltr501_read_ps(): add missing endianness con...